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Proverbs 26:15
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KJ21
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
ASV
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
AMP
The lazy person buries his hand in the dish [losing opportunity after opportunity]; It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
AMPC
The slothful and self-indulgent buries his hand in his bosom; it distresses and wearies him to bring it again to his mouth.
BRG
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
CSB
The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!
CSBA
The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!
CEB
Lazy people bury their hand into the bowl, too tired to return it to their mouth.
CJB
The lazy person buries his hand in the dish but is too tired to return it to his mouth.
CEV
Some of us are so lazy that we won't lift a hand to feed ourselves.
DARBY
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
DRA
The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.
ERV
Lazy people are too lazy to lift the food from their plate to their mouth.
EASY
A lazy person pushes his hand into his bowl of food. But then he is too tired to lift his hand up to his mouth.
EHV
A lazy person buries his hand in a dish, but he is too tired to return it to his mouth.
ESV
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
ESVUK
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
EXB
Lazy people may ·put [L bury] their hands in the dish, but they are ·too tired [or not able] to lift the food to their mouths.
GNV
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom, and it grieveth him to put it again to his mouth.
GW
A lazy person puts his fork in his food. He wears himself out as he brings it back to his mouth.
GNT
Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.
HCSB
The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.
ICB
The lazy person may put his hand in the dish. But he’s too tired to lift the food to his mouth.
ISV
The lazy person buries his hand in the dish, but he’s too tired to bring it to his mouth again.
JUB
¶ The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
KJV
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
AKJV
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
LSB
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is too weary to return it to his mouth.
LEB
A lazy person buries his hands in the dish; he is too tired to return it to his mouth.
TLB
He is too tired even to lift his food from his dish to his mouth!
MSG
A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie, but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.
MEV
The slothful buries his hand in his bowl; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
NOG
A lazy person puts his fork in his food. He wears himself out as he brings it back to his mouth.
NABRE
The sluggard buries a hand in the dish, too weary to lift it to the mouth.
NASB
A lazy one buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
NASB1995
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
NCB
One who is lazy will dip his hand into the dish, but he is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.
NCV
Lazy people may put their hands in the dish, but they are too tired to lift the food to their mouths.
NET
The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
NIRV
A person who doesn’t want to work leaves his hand in his plate. He acts as if he is too tired to bring his hand back up to his mouth.
NIV
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
NIVUK
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
NKJV
The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl; It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
NLV
The lazy man buries his hand in the dish. It makes him tired to bring it to his mouth again.
NLT
Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
NRSVA
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.
NRSVACE
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.
NRSVCE
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.
NRSVUE
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.
OJB
The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) hideth his yad in his dish; it’s too tiring to bring it back to his peh (mouth) again.
RGT
The slothful hides his hand in the dish, and it grieves him to put it to his mouth again.
RSV
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
RSVCE
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
TLV
The slacker plunges his hand in the dish— he is too tired to bring it back to his mouth.
VOICE
Some people are so lazy that they reach for food on the plate but lack the will to bring it up to their mouths.
WEB
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
WYC
A slow man hideth his hands under his armpit; and he travaileth, if he turneth them up to his mouth. (A lazy person hideth his hands under his armpit; and he laboureth, if he turneth them up to his mouth.)
YLT
The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
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